TORONTO -- - Will Smith homered in the 11th inning after Miguel Rojas connected for a tying drive in the ninth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in Game 7 Saturday night to become the first team in a quarter century to win consecutive World Series titles.

Los Angeles overcame 3-0 and 4-2 deficits and escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth to become the first repeat champion since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees , and the first from the National League since the 1975 and '76 Cincinnati Reds .

Smith hit a 2-0 slider off Shane Bieber into the Blue Jays' bullpen, giving the Dodgers their first lead of the night.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto , who threw 96 pitches in the Dodgers win on Friday, escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth and pitched 2 2/3 innings fo

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